Parental Alienation Can Jeopardize Relationships

Although you may have a great relationship already with your children, divorce can put even the strongest relationships at risk of parental alienation. If you become familiar with the warning signs first you can avoid the negative effects of parental alienation and to recognize them if your partner or spouse starts to exhibit them.

In some cases, visits with children might be withheld for no good reason. When children are visiting with the other spouse, they might be frequently returned late (in legal terms, later than thirty minutes). If phone calls are withheld from children from the other parent, this can also count as parental alienation.

The parent might start to get angrier around their children, even if they are not angry at them. They might attempt to control the actions of the children, going so far as to conduct physical, sexual, or mental abuse.

In some cases parents might go so far as to threaten to abduct their children.

When the children themselves refuse to visit with a parent, it may be the result of the other parent badmouthing them.

Having problems with parental alienation?  Contact us to discuss your legal options with a Long Island family lawyer.